Life sketch from familysearch.org:

Clement Archer Young was born November 29, 1890 to Zilpah Archer and William John Young. The 11th of 13 children, in Lyman Ward, Fremont County, Idaho. The ward was later divided and given the name Archer.

His early childhood was spent on the family farm and attending the Archer School. He later attended Ricks Academy.

His father, Will Young, was superintendent of Sunday Schools in a stake, which included territory bounded on the north by Driggs in Teton Basin and on the south by the town of Blackfoot. He held this position for 21 years. This encompassed a very large area and when visiting the outlying Sunday School necessitated starting out on Saturday. On many of these visits the younger children, Lillian, Myrtle, Clem, and Leah, were allowed to accompany their father. This was a great experience for the children. Taking a supply of hay and grain for the horses and food for the children, they would leave home on Saturday and probably not return home til Monday. On many occasions the four children were called upon extemporaneously for songs or to lead the singing.

On one occasion during Sunday School conference in Rexburg, Will Young, being the superintendent, called for volunteers from among the youngsters on the front rows, for someone to lead the congregation in repeating the Ten Commandments. Little Clem, 10 years old bravely raised his hand, rose to his feet and led the congregation. For this he later was surprised to receive a nice letter and a silver coin from the Stake President Thomas E. Bassett. He also made trips with his father hauling rocks from the quarry for Ricks College.

Will Young was a skilled musician, educated and self-educated. He possessed great natural abilities and also worked hard to train his vice. He was a skilled violinist and organist and could get music out of any instrument made. He was also a devoted Sunday School worker. Many of these talents were passed on to his large family, 11 of whom grew to maturity. They all have great love for music and were all taught to play the piano and one other instrument.

Clem started playing dance music when he was fifteen years old. Prior to this, his father and older brothers furnished music for local dances and socials. The Young home was a community gathering place for the young people both in name and years. Clem's older brother, young Will, was a natural comedian and could keep a group entertained with stories, jokes, and songs. In 75 years and three generations the upper valley has danced to music by the Young Family. Clem played the trombone for dances until one month before his illness in April, 1959. He was always going to quit but just couldn't seem to do without it. Even to the last his foot or fingers could be caught beating time to a snappy tune on the radio or TV. He also sang in many choirs, choruses, quartets, and solos for funerals, programs and socials.

In 1910 Clem joined the militia and his unit was sent to fight the great fire which swept Idaho's Panhandle and burned thousands of acres of timber that year.

On April 8, 1913, Clement Archer Young and Belle McCulloch, of a pioneer family of Burton, were married in St. Anthony, Fremont County. This marriage was later solemnized in the Logan Temple. To this marriage 6 children were born: Josie, Gayle, Zelpha, Truth, Lorin and Jeane.

Clem and Belle farmed all their lives, mostly in Madison and Bonneville Counties. Besides this Clem always played in a dance dance orchestra to supplement the family income. During blizzards and below zero weather he seldom missed a dance engagement.

Clem always had four or six good worker horses which he hired out for work. For a little while the family lived in Montana and Clem worked for a construction company. While living in Montana he taught himself telegraphy and the Morse Code. He and a friend built themselves telegraph instruments to send and receive messages much as mature radio operators today. He studied amateur books on astronomy and one highlight of his life was when he was able to get the Encyclopedia Britannica. All friends and family knew that for a birthday, Christmas, or any occasion a new book was always a welcome gift. He also helped build the grade for part of the Yellowstone Highway while in Montana.

In 1937 the family moved to Plano, Idaho. There he purchased and greatly improved the old Sam Ricks farm.

In 1946, when building materials were extremely hard to get, they purchased the Jacob Brenner home in Rexburg. They lived there for 4 years, driving to Plano to farm and feed stock.

In 1951, when building materials became more plentiful, they built a new modern home on the farm and returned there to live until the spring of 1958. At this time they completely renovated and improved the Rexburg home and built a modern trailer court of the spacious lot. He thoroughly enjoyed reclaiming this old home and seeing it come back to life after being all but destroyed by vandals. He also enjoyed caring for the grass and shrubs and visiting the different tenets.

It was while pruning shrubs that he suffered the first stroke on April 13, 1959. After three weeks in the hospital he returned home. He never regained his health enough to walk alone or get around well again. However, he never gave up hope and was anxiously waiting to enter a rehabilitation center in September. In the early morning of September 1, 1960, he suffered another stroke from which he never regained consciousness. He passed away at his home on September 4, 1960 at the age of 69 years and 10 months.

He leaves his widow and six children, 25 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren. Also the following brothers and sisters: Mrs. Lilliam Nadauld of Rexburg, Mrs. Myrtle Pratt of Clearfield, Utah, Alfred Young of Salt Lake City, and Mark Young of Archer, Idaho, friends, nieces, and nephews too numerous to mention.

Clem was a student of the gospel all his life and very few days passed in which he failed to read at least a few line or pages from some good book or magazine.

While a young man he taught himself to play the guitar and enjoyed nothing more than to accompany the children singing, or to sit on the steps on a summer evening and play and hum.

So comes to a close a life that was touched by some of the bad and some of the good. So we say the song is ended but the melody lingers on.

Transcribed and published in 2021 by Jenny Parker Bifano (descendant of Lorin Clement Young, Clement Archer Young, William John Young)